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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

12/13/16

12/13/16

News

  • Trump picks Exxon chief Rex Tillerson as next U.S. secretary of state
  • Cuba Allows Google to Install Servers and Provide faster Internet Access
  • Canada should allow people aged 18 and up to buy recreational marijuana through a wide range of retail options, according to a government-commissioned report that lays out groundwork for legalizing the drug

Science

  • An aerosol to cool the Earth. Harvard researchers have identified an aerosol that in theory could be injected into the stratosphere to cool the planet from greenhouse gases, while also repairing ozone damage.
  • Google teaming up with UK startup Improbable in ambitious attempt to recreate the world in VRTesla completes another microgrid project with Powerpacks – powering an island in North Carolina

Showerthoughts

  • If I get up 10 minutes earlier than usual, I treat it like 2 extra hours and end up late for work.
  • As a kid my parents taught me to not believe everything I see on TV, now I have to teach them to not believe everything they see on Facebook.
  • Every time I watch a scene from a movie of two people in a car I always watch the background to see if they are really driving or not.

Cool Images

  • There's treasure everywhere
  • Trippy art in London
  • Confusing perspective
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